Hurricanes ready to tackle season

Pamlico’s Jamal Coffey stiff-arms a South Creek defender en route to a large gain in Friday night’s scrimmage, dominated by the Hurricanes.

Bill Hand/Sun Journal

By Jordan Honeycutt, Sun Journal Staff

Published: Friday, August 16, 2013 at 08:51 PM.

BAYBORO — If Friday night was at all indicative of how the 2013 Pamlico Hurricanes are going to play football – then Coastal Plains Conference foes are in a lot of trouble.

Quarterback NaQuan Gibbs galloped the football down the field almost at will on the South Creek defense, while Hurricane defenders swarmed to the ball on the other side.

The scrimmage was organized with a game-like clock and situations.

By the 10-minute mark of the third quarter, Pamlico scored seven touchdowns and missed a field goal.

“There has definitely been more positives than negatives tonight and I am really pleased with how our defense is playing,” Pamlico coach Kevin Yost said. “I think the defense is going to be one of our strong points this year.”

South Creek was an over-matched squad from the get-go, and the Hurricanes simply imposed their will.

“We talk about being efficient on offense and trying to not be too one-dimensional,” Yost said. “Success with the run leads to success with the pass and we had some of both tonight with a lot of help from our strong and smart o-line.”

BAYBORO — If Friday night was at all indicative of how the 2013 Pamlico Hurricanes are going to play football – then Coastal Plains Conference foes are in a lot of trouble.

Quarterback NaQuan Gibbs galloped the football down the field almost at will on the South Creek defense, while Hurricane defenders swarmed to the ball on the other side.

The scrimmage was organized with a game-like clock and situations.

By the 10-minute mark of the third quarter, Pamlico scored seven touchdowns and missed a field goal.

“There has definitely been more positives than negatives tonight and I am really pleased with how our defense is playing,” Pamlico coach Kevin Yost said. “I think the defense is going to be one of our strong points this year.”

South Creek was an over-matched squad from the get-go, and the Hurricanes simply imposed their will.

“We talk about being efficient on offense and trying to not be too one-dimensional,” Yost said. “Success with the run leads to success with the pass and we had some of both tonight with a lot of help from our strong and smart o-line.”

Jamal Coffey, Will Becton and Quante Lewis all enjoyed long runs.

Josiah Simmons came in and saw some reserve action at quarterback, but the story of the night was Bayboro’s version of the “Blackshirts.”

“On defense we can be really good,” Yost said with a smile. “I saw a ton of swarming which I loved, but there is always something that we can improve on.”

Pamlico starts playing for real on Aug. 23 when the Hurricanes travel to Croatan.

Jordan Honeycutt can be reached at 252-635-5670 or at Jordan.Honeycutt@newbernsj.com. Follow Jordan on Twitter @JHONEYnbsj29.